Norway’s coastline is 7.8 times as long as Thailand’s

Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 96 m above Norway’s

Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 2.7% of Norway

Norway: 2.7% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 13 times as many people as Norway

Norway: 5.61 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 9.1 times as densely populated as Norway

Norway: 15 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

Thailand and Norway are practically level

Norway: 39.5 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Norway have 0.2 more children on average than in Thailand

Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Norway: 19.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Norway hosts 19 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Norway: 23.2 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Norway has 3 official languages, Thailand 1

Norway: 3 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 9% larger than Norway’s

Norway: $531 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Norway produces 4 times as much per person as Thailand

Norway: Int$104,044 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Norway (Gini 6.8 points higher)

Norway: 26.5 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Norway and Thailand are practically level

Norway: 0.2% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Norway, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Norway: 4.6% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Norway: 3.3% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Thailand’s 15%

Norway: 24.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Thailand’s

Norway: 91% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Norway spends 25 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Norway: $8,296 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 9.2 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Norway has 38% more hospital beds per person than Thailand

Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Norway is 21% higher than in Thailand

Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Norway are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Norway: 20.7% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 13% in Norway

Norway: 12.9% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 0.95 points higher than in Thailand

Norway: 7.24 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 14% more alcohol than in Norway

Norway: 7 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Norway has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Norway: 70.4 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Norway has 620 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 765 more hours a year than in Norway

Norway: 1,412 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Norway went to school 4.1 years longer than in Thailand

Norway: 13.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Norway welcomed 63% more tourists per resident than Thailand (2019)

Norway: 0.91 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 1 more World Heritage site than Norway (9 against 8)

Norway: 8 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Norway: 616 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 91% in Thailand

Norway: 99% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 57% faster than in Norway

Norway: 228 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Norway and Thailand are practically level

Norway: 100% (2024) · Thailand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Norway: 84% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Norway: 109 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 5% longer than Norway’s

Norway: 3,885 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Norway: no data · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 33% of Norway

Norway: 33.2% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Norway emits 78% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

Norway: 6.7 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Norway: 99% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Norway: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 12 times as deadly as in Norway

Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 25.2 °C warmer than Norway

Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 32% more rain than Norway

Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)